Turkey, under the leadership of Erdogan, is nothing more than a pariah international jihadist conduit that enables al-Qaeda affiliates, ISIS (Islamic State – IS), Free Syrian Army (FSA) – and an array of other terrorist groups – to enter Syria freely. This reality doesn’t worry NATO because at no point is Turkey being threatened with expulsion. Not only this, President Obama of America and Turkey are now preparing another military force to enter Syria in clear violation of international law. Despite these realities, and other important ratlines, it is abundantly clear that international law means nothing. Likewise, NATO isn’t concerned that a member state is a major conduit for international jihadists that are beheading, enslaving, raping, destroying holy places and cleansing various religious minorities.

Sadly, this reality means that international jihadists that butcher the Alawites, kill Christians, persecute the Druze, massacre loyal Sunni Muslims – and slaughter the Shia – have a free reign in border areas involving Israel, Jordan and Turkey. Without exception, it is NATO Turkey that is the main conduit for international jihadists. This reality began from the very start when various major Gulf and NATO members began to meddle into the internal affairs of Syria.

The connection linking al-Qaeda affiliate groups and Turkey should shame NATO and all nations that are in league with anti-Syrian forces. Al Monitor states that: “Fighters coming via Chechnya and Afghanistan are met at the Syrian border. There are intelligence officials there. Those crossing the border inform the intelligence people of their affiliation and under whose command they will be. Then, they cross the border and report to their units.”

In the same article it continues: “There are al-Qaeda mujahedeen from Afghanistan and the Caucasus fronts who come with their families. Most of them settle in Syria. There are hundreds of militants who come the same way from Northern Africa, the Caucasus, Europe and Afghanistan. They simply cross the Turkish border and join the fight.”

Even the Vice President of America, Joe Biden, linked NATO Turkey to terrorism but this doesn’t seem to worry Obama and NATO too much. Biden stated:“The Turks, who are great friends — I have a great relationship with Erdogan, whom I spend a lot of time with — the Saudis, the Emiratis, etc. What were they doing? They were so determined to take down (Syrian President Bashar) Assad and essentially have a proxy Sunni-Shia war.”

Biden further says: “What did they do? They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad — except that the people who were being supplied were al-Nusra and al-Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world.”

It is known that al-Qaeda affiliates and various militias in Libya worked in league with NATO forces that bombed and helped to destroy the government of Gaddafi. Indeed, the Libya debacle was used against the government of President Bashar al-Assad from the start in terms of international jihadists, weapon movements, the connivance of the CIA/MI6/MIT/DGSE and other covert security agencies, the role of Gulf petrodollars and other sinister forces. Therefore, the cleansing of so many Alawite, Christian and Shia areas in Syria is based on the intrigues of the usual players throughout the Gulf and within NATO.

However, the conflict in Syria based on the meddling of so many nations now is highlighting the role of a NATO member being a conduit for al-Qaeda affiliates, ISIS, various terrorist groups, covert mercenary forces – and individuals that seek to butcher religious minorities based on their Takfiri worldview of “year zero.” Despite this reality, which is widely known, neither NATO nor the Obama administration are concerned about this reality.

Therefore, the Syrian armed forces that are fighting for the religious mosaic and the right to be free, once more must face further al-Qaeda infiltration from NATO Turkey. This means more people fleeing the brutal forces of sectarianism and more Christian churches and Muslim mosques being destroyed by Takfiri Islamists.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports “A military source said on Saturday that Army and Armed Forces units waged fierce battles since Friday morning against the terrorists that are flowing in large numbers across the borders with Turkey towards Jisr al-Shughour city in Idleb countryside, inflicting heavy losses upon terrorists during the clashes that took place in the city.”

Once more the armed forces of Syria must fight al-Qaeda affiliates because of the policies of NATO Turkey. In other words, a NATO member state is a playground for international terrorist Takfiris that seek to behead Muslims and Christians alike based on their brutal mindsets. Therefore, while a NATO member is an open conduit for the most barbaric terrorist and sectarian killers on the face of the earth, the armed forces of Syria are trying to protect the rich religious mosaic of the Levant.

Currently more al-Qaeda forces from al-Nusra are entering Syria from Turkey and it appears that this reality is increasing once more in recent months. Possibly, they are doing so in order to lay the way ahead for a new terrorist force being armed and trained by America and Turkey. Alternatively, maybe America and Turkey are worried that ISIS is being weakened too much in Syria. Given this reality, Ankara and Washington want the armed forces of Syria to be overstretched in order for more intrigues to be implemented against the government of Syria.

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